William flynn



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W. PLYNN..

B'oXjFoR FURS. N0. 377,482. y, Patented Feb. 7, 1888.

NITED STATESg WiLLIAM FLYNN, or New YORK, N VY.

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Box FoR F'UvRs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 37482A, dated February '7,y 1888.

Application kilcd'Jnly 12, 1887. Serial No. 244,051. (No rnodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that vLWILLIAM FLYNN, of the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvementin Boxes for Furs, of which thel following is a specification.

My invention relates partieularlyto boxes wherein ladies fur sets,whether consisting of a muti' and boa, or a muff and collar, or a muff, boa, and collar, may be packed, either during theintervals of use or for storage, without any danger of their being injured by creasing.

To this end my invention consists, essentially, in the combination, with a box and cover, of a cylinder smaller in size than the.

box and arranged upright and substantially 'concentric therein, thereby forming by the .cylinder a receptacle for a muff, and around the cylinder a space for a boa or/collar, and a Support at the 4upper or outer end of the cylinder for holding it concentric in the box. The support at the upper or outer end of the cylinder for holding the cylinder concentric in the box serves, when the box with its contained muff and boa is placed on the side, to

, prevent the weight 4of the muff froni'eausingthe cylinder to press-downward upon the boa. The support for the :free or upper end of the cylinder may consist of an annular ring or flange littin g approximately the space between the cylinder and the wall of the box, or it may consist of a'cylindric ange projecting inward from the cover and entering orsurrounding the cylinder.

I In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a vertical section of an empty box embodyingk my inventionand in which is employed the annular ange forsupporting the upper or outer end of the cylinder. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the box without the cover; and Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. l, but with the cover slightly removed and provided with an annular downwardly-extending flange for engaging the upper end of the cylinder independently of the engagement of the rimk of the cover with the box-body. j ,Y

Similar letterslof reference designatecorrcf sponding parts in the VSeveral figures.

The box is cylindrie or substantially cylin-f drie, and consists 'of an upright body, A, hav. inga bottom and closed by a slip-cover, .A1,

the inner cylinder has a'bottom, @which is secured to the bottom ofthe box, and, being substantially concentric within the bodyA, it affords in the 'space Within it a receptacle :for

it affords a receptacle inwhich` a boa may be coiled without any danger of creasing or forming sharp bends therein, no mattcr'hoyvlong the furs `may remainlin the box.

If the box be la'id upon its side when it com tains yfurs, it isobvious'that the Weight ofthe muff within the cylinder B will cause it to .f 70.

drop down andfbear upon the boain the annular space B unless some means be ernp'ort for the upper or outer end of the cylinder B. In the example of the invention shown in Fig. ly thisV support consists of an kannular' flange, C, Which-fits approximately in the anamuff, and'in the annular space B around it ."ployed to prevent. I therefore provide a supnularspaceBQand whichdafter the boa or col'-l lar is coiled in said annular space, may be lightly pressed downwardtherein, and willv serve to effectually .support thecylinder and hold it in position concentric within the box.

In the example of my invention shown inV Fig. 3 the cover A- is provided with a cylinf` dric flange, D,which'projects downward/from;v it,pr'efera'bly below the lower edge ofthe rim a, and which engages the upper open end of the lcylinder B. AIn the example ofthe invention shown in Fig. 3 the cylinder or cylindric rim D engages the cylinder-B by embracing it or slipping outside it, and, inasmuch as the flange D projects below the rinn a, the flange D maybe readily ittedto the open end ofthe cylinder B Vbefore the rim or'iiange ais fitted to `thebody A of the box.`

I am aware that it is not new toV provide 'in y 9 5 anupright fur-box an upright concentriccylf` inder for containing a' muli', Vthe boavbeing d, coiled inthe annular spacearoundthe cylin` der, andA I do not vclaim suchy a box, broadly, as of my invention. v

secure by Letters Patent, is--` 19o What I claim as my invention, and desireto i Y in the box, and a supporting-ring, C, adjustlo able on the muti-holder upward and down- Ward in the box, substantially as herein described.

WILLIAM FLYN N.

Witnesses: I

C. HALL, FREDK, HAYNEs. l 

